This pack contains: A 45-slide PowerPoint presentation This lesson covers: Re-cap of Post Modern theory Definition, Grand Narratives and institutional power Starter Task - students discuss and share their experiences with religion in 21st century Two slides discussing the over-arching criticism of Secularisation Theory Religious Market Theory & Theories of Late Modernity and Post-Modernism -Grace Davie: From Obligation to Consumption - defined and discussed, examples provided to enhance understaning Believing without Belonging Vicarious Religion & The Spiritual Health Service Critics of Davie: Steve Bruce, Voas and Crocket, Abby Day Cultural Amnesia & Spiritual Shopping Danielle Hervieu-Leger: Pilgrims vs. Converts Post Modern Religion Globalisation and its impact on religion Desembedded religion Religion online and Online Religion - reading, note taking and discussion task Religious Consumerism & The Sphere of Consumption Religious Consumerism Religious Disenchantment Reading and assessment task: New Age Religions Self-Religion and Sheilaism - video resource, reading task Task: students given tenants of major religions as well as tenants of some global religions. Students use their phones and this data to create their own ‘commandments’ Religious Market Theory Are humans inherently religious? Religion as a Compensator American Vs. Europe Supply Led Religion Televagelism explored Critiques of Religious Market Theory: Bruce, Norris and Inglehart, Beckford Existential Security Theory People from poorer societies/nations are much more likely to be religious that people from richer societies/nations. Comparison made between Burundi (poorest nation on Earth) and Germany (one of the wealthiest) Norris and Inglehart: Existential Security Poor societies vs rich societies Case Study: Uruguay Booklet The booklet is 28 pages long The book contains a combination of note taking, gapped sections, tasks A two-page linear, bulletpointed list of key facts, dates and developments that will help students understand the process of seculariation and rise of alternative religions Several consolidation activities aimed to help learners of all learning styles.

This pack contains one lesson and one accompanying handout that covers AQA year 13 SOCIOLOGY - Feminist View of Religion The lesson covers: Evidence of patriarchy in religion What would Liberal/Radical/Marxist feminists think about religion task Answers to previous question Research tasks - evidence of patriarchal ideologies in religion Four categories are given for the research task Consolidation from task Evaluation of feminist view: Karen Armstrong, Nawal El Saadawi, Linda Woodhead, Sophie Gilliat Ray Elisabth Brusco, Secular society Assessment - 10 mark question set The booklet is detailed, contains additional content and further reading. Students will complete the handout during the lesson and write their assessment in the same book.

This pack contains a PowerPoint presentation and accompanying booklet. The lesson covers: Task / in-class debate: Is religion a force for change, or a conservative force? Task - re-cap of Functionalist, Marxist and Feminist view of religion Religion as a force for change: Max Weber and Calvinism Predestination Asceticism Hinduism Confucianism Evaluation of Weber’s perspective Consolidation Task - answer writing Task: Research for presentation The accompanying booklet contains additional content (essays, cartoons and additional consolidation activities)

This pack contains one 18-slide lesson and one handout that cover the following: Starter - Dissecting Marx’s ‘Opium of the people’ quote Religion as an Ideological State Apparatus Religion and class / prosperity Theology Task - using quotes from major religions, students are to explain their use and link them to the Marxist perspective Spiritual Gin / Lenin Alienation Critiques of the Marxist perspective of Religion Classical vs Neo Marxist perspective Brief overview of Ernst Bloch and Dual Characteristics Brief overview of Otto Maduro & Religion as a Revolutionary Force

This pack contains a 40-slide PowerPoint presentation, a 24-page student booklet, and several other resources to be used in the session. The lesson covers: Starter - student experiences with crime and deviance in media Media Representation of Crime and Deviance overview: (1 slide on each of these topics:) Violence and Sex Crimes Media representation of victims Media exaggeration of certain crimes Media exaggeration of risk to victims Crime represented as a series of events Media overplay extraordinary crimes Dramatic Fallacy Soothill & Walby: the Balaclava Rapist / exaggeration of criminal acts New Values and Coverage Mediation of Crime / Crime as a social construct Selection / Organisation /Focus Task - students read Sky News article covering the mugging of Sajid Javid and analyse the use of langauge, exaggeration of crime, idelogical underpinning of this media report (the entire article is broken down in the PowerPoint (see screenshots for examples) News Values Fictional Representations of Crime: Surette [1998] – Fictional representations of crime, criminals and victims are the opposite of the official statistics. Immitaiton Arousal Desensitisation Transmission of Knowledge Stimulating Desire PROTRAYING THE POLICE AS INCOMPETENT or CORRUPT BY GLAMOURISING OFFENDING Evaluation of Fictional Representations of Crime Reading task - students read extract from the ‘Myth of Media Violence’ study and compare the findings to what we have covered in the lesson FEAR OF CRIME: Distortion of crime in the media RELATIVE DEPRIVATION AND CRIME Left Realist view Cultural Criminology Cultural Criminology with examples Global Cyber Crime The PowerPoint has a short ‘Moral Panics’ lesson attached to it. The slides are not to the same standard as the content listed above and have been included free of charge. I have covered Moral Panics in a more depth and with better resources in a previous Crimes and Deviance lesson pack: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-sociology-paper-3-conflict-theories-of-crime-and-deviance-12790478 Tasks are included throughout the lesson and student knowledge is tested throughout the session. The student booklet is to be filled in and completed during the lesson.

This pack contains a 16-slide Power-Point that introduces Post-Modernism and Social Action theories, and an accompanying booklet. The pack also contains a a consolidation test to test student knowledge at the end of the session. The lessons introduces students to: Starter: Re-cap Functionalism, Marxism & Feminism Revisiting Structural Theories - re-cap Define: Social Action Theory - discussed in relation to Structural approaches Social Action Theory Intro to Post Modernism Grand-Narratives - Social Institutions give legitimacy Status Quo/Norms - how they are reinforced and challenged. Plenary Task There are TWO copies of the lesson - one formatted for MAC and one formatted for PC.

This pack contains the following: Observations complete lesson covers: Observation starter task Two short ‘observations’ video tasks Discussion re: questionnaires & Interviews vs. Observations Types of Observations (each explored individually) Covert/Overt Non-Participant Participant Strengths of observations Limitations of observations Case Study - Football Hooligans - documentary available on Youtube Tasks for completion following documentary screening Plenary - observation research task - students to research and present a case-study based on one of four existing sociological studies. Handout, documentary links and all resources are included.

This pack contains an entire scheme of learning for the **AQA Sociology: Education **topic There are over 50 resources in this pack: The pack contains lesson PowerPoints, handouts, work booklets, assessment materials and activities for all of the following areas: Introduction to Education Funcationalist Approach to Education Marxist Approach to Education Social Class and Achievement Gender and Education - boys, girls Ethnicity and Education Social Policy **I have included several screenshots of lessons to give an idea of the quality and style of the resources. ** Each lesson and handout has been designed with students in mind - they are colourful, full of images, interesting tasks and are engaging for learners. There are a variety of approaches used across the scheme, as well as a variety of assessment activities. Every single lesson has an accompanying booklet for students to fill in during lessons. Sample responses, past paper questions, additional reading, documentary recommendations, and more are contained within the lessons.

This pack contains: ** EIGHT lessons TWO large student booklets that cover all eight lessons. ** Lesson 1 - Factors Affecting Choice of Research Method (30 slides) Lesson 2 - Sampling and Social Surveys (13 slides) Lesson 3 - Experiments: Lab, Field, Comparative Methods (21 slides) Lesson 4 - Questionnaires - Mailed, Emailed, In person (13 slides) Lesson 5 - Interviews (40 slides) Lesson 6 - Observations - Overt / Covert, participant, Non-Participant (29 slides) Lesson 7 - Secondary Data - Qualitative and Quantitative (18 slides) Lesson 8 - Research Methods Consolidation Tasks (13 slides) Lesson are full of relevant images, are designed to be visually engaging, and contains many tasks to help students develop their critical thinking skills. Covered in every lesson: Definition of each Research Methods Detailed exploration of each Research Method Examples/Case Study data Additional Reading BOOKLETS Booklet 1 covers: (30 pages) Lesson 1 - Factors Affecting Choice of Research Method (30 slides) Lesson 2 - Sampling and Social Surveys (13 slides) Lesson 3 - Experiments: Lab, Field, Comparative Methods (21 slides) Lesson 4 - Questionnaires - Mailed, Emailed, In person (13 slides) Booklet 2 covers: (36 pages) Lesson 5 - Interviews (40 slides) Lesson 6 - Observations - Overt / Covert, participant, Non-Participant (29 slides) Lesson 7 - Secondary Data - Qualitative and Quantitative (18 slides) Lesson 8 - Research Methods Consolidation Tasks (13 slides) There are assessment activities included (including sample answers, exam technique guidance).